Match Report
Villarreal went into the game 1st in the table on 10 points; Zenit sat 1st on 11 — a 1-point gap. On recent form Villarreal sat only 12th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Per game in the league, Villarreal were scoring 2 and conceding 0.83, Zenit 1 and 0.83, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
Estadio de la Cerámica in Villareal, capacity 23,008, hosted the game. Villarreal led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.